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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-19-002384
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190213

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Tuscan Holdings Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001760689
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BLANK CHECKS [6770]
		IRS NUMBER:				832530757
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		135 E 57TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(917) 208-6200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		135 E 57TH STREET, 18TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 1.5in; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: right">February 13, 2019</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Division of Corporation Finance</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Submitted December 7, 2108 and Amended January 9, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CIK No. 0001760689</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On behalf of Tuscan Holdings Corp. (&ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;),
we respond as follows to the Staff&rsquo;s comment letter, dated February 8, 2019, relating to the above-captioned Draft Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (&ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;). Captions and page references herein correspond to those set
forth in Amendment No. 2 to Draft Registration Statement, a copy of which has been marked with the changes from the original submission
of the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Please note that for the Staff&rsquo;s convenience,
we have recited each of the Staff&rsquo;s comments and provided the Corporation&rsquo;s response to each comment immediately thereafter.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>Draft Form S-1 amended January 9, 2019 </U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>Calculation of Registration Fee, page i</U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
revise footnote (3) to track the language of Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933. Alternatively, confirm your understanding
that Rule 416 covers only securities issuable pursuant to transactions like those specified in Rule 416 and would not, for example,
cover stock issuable as a result of a market-based conversion formula.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">We have revised footnote (3) to the Calculation of
Registration Fee table as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">February 13, 2019</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Page 2</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"><B><I><U>Prospectus Summary,
page 1 </U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>We
note your disclosure regarding management experience. Ensure that the experience you elect to highlight in your prospectus summary
is balanced, including any experience with similarly situated companies that did not complete a business combination, resulted
in losses for investors, or completed an initial business combination after changing provisions in instruments defining investor
rights or protections disclosed during the IPO.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We respectfully wish to inform the Staff
that the Company&rsquo;s management has not been involved with any similarly situated companies that did not complete a business
combination, resulted in losses for investors, or completed an initial business combination after changing provisions in instruments
defining investor rights or protections disclosed during the IPO. However, Mr. Vogel is currently affiliated with Twelve Seas Investment
Company, a blank check company still looking to complete an initial business combination. We have revised the disclosure on page
2 of the Registration Statement to reflect the fact that there is no assurance that such company will be able to effectuate an
initial business combination.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>Effecting a Business Combination, page 2</U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
revise each of your references to the 80% requirement to make clear, if true, that the requirement will not apply if your securities
are not subject to the NASDAQ rules, whether because you do not meet the listing or maintenance criteria or because you voluntarily
choose to delist from the NASDAQ.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">We have revised the disclosure throughout the Registration
Statement as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>JOBS Act, page 4</U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you,
or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act,
whether or not they retain copies of the communications.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We will supplementally provide the Staff
with copies of any written communications that the Company or anyone authorized to do so on the Company&rsquo;s behalf, present
to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether or not they retain copies
of the communications, as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">February 13, 2019</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Page 3</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>The Offering, page 6</U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
expand the appropriate section to explain what you mean by the term &ldquo;equity-linked securities&rdquo; mentioned on page 7.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We have revised the disclosure on page 1
in the introduction to the Prospectus Summary to explain what the term &ldquo;equity-linked securities&rdquo; means throughout
the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>If third parties bring claims against us..., page 19
</U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">6.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
directly identify your product or service providers who you know have not or will not provide a waiver. For example, will the
underwriters, your auditor, and your escrow agent provide a waiver?</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We have revised the disclosure on pages
14 and 56 of the Registration Statement as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>If we do not file and maintain a current and effective
prospectus..., page 21 </U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">7.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>If
the holders of the securities issued in your unregistered transaction can exercise warrants while holders of warrants issued in
this registered offering cannot, please disclose the risk to investors in this offering of being required to hold the warrants
while insiders can exercise and sell the underlying common stock.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We have revised the disclosure on page 21
of the Registration Statement to add the risk factor as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>Management, page 62</U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">8.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
ensure that the information in this section is balanced, with equally prominent explanation of transactions or entities that generated
losses for investors.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We have revised the disclosure in the Registration
Statement to remove any unnecessary promotional statements regarding the Company&rsquo;s management. We therefore respectfully
believe the disclosure is now balanced as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I><U>Principal Stockholders, page 69 </U></I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">9.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
tell us whether you may be a controlled company under applicable exchange listing standards, and, if so, whether you will use
related exemptions to governance rules under those standards.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to Nasdaq listing Rule 5615(c)(1),
a &ldquo;controlled company&rdquo; is a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the election of directors is held
by an individual, a group or another company. No individual, group or other company will control more than 50% of the voting power
for the election of directors of the Company and no individual, group or other company is anticipated to own such an amount. Accordingly,
the Company will not be a controlled company under applicable Nasdaq listing standards.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">February 13, 2019</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Page 4</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>


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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Please
confirm to us, if true, that Mr. Vogel is the only managing member of your sponsor. Alternatively, revise footnote (3) to name
all managing members of your sponsor.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We have revised the disclosure on page 69
of the Registration Statement to indicate that Mr. Vogel is the only managing member of the sponsor as requested.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">11.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>We
note your disclosure in the first paragraph of this section about changing the offering price and other selling terms. If true,
please revise to clarify that you are referring to changes after completion of this offering.</I></B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">We have revised the disclosure on page 87 of the Registration
Statement as requested.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact me at the above telephone and facsimile numbers.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Sincerely,</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jeffrey M. Gallant</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey M. Gallant</FONT></TD></TR>
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